Kakum - and Dennis, Annette and their babies
on Michael Cashman (Ghana), 15/Apr/2010 19:15, 34 days ago
For the Kakum rain forest, we negotiate a taxi ride from Cape Coast. We reach there at 8.30 am, and the small party (about a dozen of us) on the rope walk through the tree canopy doesn't feel rushed at all  - apparently at other times it can get busy.Charlotte stops suddenly having almost put her hand onto a green lizard on the "handrail" ropeOur guide shows us several trees including the umbrella tree, and also bamboo (not native to Ghana, but grows well here).Our guide shows us several trees inclusing the umbrella tree, and also bamboo (not native to Ghana, but grows well here).We head for the nearby monkey (etc) sanctuary, which turns out to be run by a Dutch couple Dennis and Annette who have built it up themselves. We are a party of 5 now, because we gave a lift here to 3 Belgian volunteers from Ouagadougou who were also on the canopy walk.Obligatory pictures on the high rock. Me& Charlotte of course, then Julie Nikita and Laura.Dennis& Annette find drinks for all of us and some Dutch speciality meatballs and we all sit and chat. (Incidentally, later, when we are leaving and ask about paying, Dennis says "Just put whatever you think into the duck" - there is a large plastic duck with an open beak for us to deposit some cash in).Time to hold the python.Do you want to hold the python, Charlotte? (imagine the Dutch accent)No, I don't even like small pythons.Not me. uugh,But it's cuteThis is a sweet little baby python.(Laura loves it)I still don't want it.I don't like that python, I don't like Monty Python, I just don't like pythons.But what was the problem in giving the python a little cuddle Charlotte?I'd rather see pigs go to the seaside...... and hear the life-story of a passer-by who wants to sell me some cards...... while the sea still pounds Cape Coast castle.